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CHEMINFO and Groth: The Web and Chemistry Gary Wiggins Chemistry Library wiggins@indiana.edu IU Forum on Digital Libraries April 16, 2002
CHEMINFO: Chemical Information Sources • http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo • Resource Guides • Instructional Materials • Archives of CHMINF-L: the Chemical Information Sources Discussion List • Databases
CHEMINFO Resource Guides • SIRCh: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cis_ca.html • CCIIM: Clearinghouse for Chemical Information Instructional Materials http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cciimnro.html
Taxonomy (Classification) http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cis_ca.html
SIRCh Index http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cisindex.html
SIRCh: Selected Chapter Titles http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cis_ca.html
SIRCh: Analytical Chemistry http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/ca_accc.html
CHEMINFO Instructional Materials http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/instructional_materials.html • Four one-hour undergraduate courses (C371-2, C471-2) • Two three-hour graduate courses C571-2)
CHMINF-L: Chemical Information Sources Discussion List http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/chminf-l.html • In existence since May 1991 • Over 1250 subscribers • Sponsors: Chemical Information Sections of • American Chemical Society • Special Libraries Association • Royal Society of Chemistry • American Society for Information Science & Technology
CHMINF-L Archives as a Knowledge Base • Many librarians on CHMINF-L, which began in May 1991. • Search for the History of Chemistry found 226 entries found on 4/14/02, e.g., • Alchemy pictures • History of the journal Chemical Physics Letters • The chemistry of embalming
CHEMINFO Databases • Chemical Acronyms Database http://scilibs.chem.indiana.edu/cfdocs/libchem/searchu.html • Mentioned in Science, February 2002 • Chemical Reference Sources Database http://www.indiana.edu/~libchem/crsd.html • Faculty Publications of the IU Chemistry Dept. http://www.indiana.edu/~libchem/introductiond.html • IU Molecular Structure Center http://www.iumsc.indiana.edu/
Groth, P. (Paul), 1843-1927.Chemische Krystallographie • Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1906-19. 5 v. • T. 1. Elemente: Anorganische Verbindungen ohne Salzcharakter. Einfache und complexe Halogenide, Cyanide und Azide der Metalle, nebst den zugehörigen Alkylverbindungen. • T. 2. Die anorganischen Oxo- und Sulfosalze. • T. 3. Aliphatische und hydroaromatische Kohlenstoffverbindungen. • T. 4. Aromatische Kohlenstoffverbindungen mit einem Benzolringe. • T. 5. Aromatische Kohlenstoffverbindungen mit mehreren Benzolringen heterocyclische Verbindungen.
Groth: Access Database • Portion of the table with chemical names, molecular formulas, SMILES, and links to images on the Web.
Groth: Image from page 4: 6 • http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/Groth/groth400006.pdf
Future Developments • Metadata coding and XML for selected CHMINF-L Web pages • Links to XMorph renderings from the Groth database • Structure searching of the Groth database with JME Molecular Editor input of SMILES • Put DB on the Web with Cold Fusion
CHEMINFO SLIS students, especially Keith Schreiber & Sonia Gupta Professional society sponsors (ACS, RSC, SLA, ASIST) UITS personnel, especially Peg Bassett Steve Rosenthal, Chemical Abstracts Service Groth Chemical Informatics students, especially: Ronald M. Brown Dustin M. Hilkey Alicia M. Prater Ronald D. Willis IUB Libraries Digital Library Program, especially: Jenn Riley Dedong Wu for XMorph Peter Ertl for JME Molecular Editor John Bollinger of the IU MSC UITS for Veritas Acknowledgments